Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has left his WWF days behind him to pursue his acting career – already playing action heroes in flicks such as The Scorpion King and The Mummy Returns.

Here we see the former smackdown star shake off the muscleman tag for a spot of likeable family comedy – as egotistic Boston Rebels football star Joe Kingman.

Everything seems to be pretty good for bachelor Joe, who lives the typical ladies-man life with a swanky pad and no shortage of ladies knocking at his door.

So he’s pretty surprised when one of them turns out to be his eight-year-old daughter, whom he knew nothing about.

Little Payton Kelly (Madison Pettis) is the product of a final fling between Joe and his ex-wife. Now she needs her dad to take care of her while her mum is away.

Precocious and demanding, she is clearly a match for her self-centred father. Cue a handful of chucklesome scenarios as the pair get to know each other a little better.

Eventually, Payton manages to boost her dad’s popularity with the fans and his team, while at the same time showing himself the importance of thinking about someone other than himself.

There’s the obligatory love interest with Payton’s ballet teacher Monique (Roselyn Sanchez) and the rather predictable plot finishes with a pitch-side climax. Johnson even gives a rendition of Elvis Presley’s Are You Lonesome Tonight?, perhaps in a bid to prove there really is more to him than his bulging biceps. Honest.

He’s right – the former Rock is a likeable guy who’s easy to watch, either on film or in an interview.

And it’s not that this doesn’t translate in this movie either – it is a big-budget Disney, after all.

The world would be a different place if nobody went home happy.

However, there are no surprises to the Kindergarten Cop-esque tale, and at times it’s not easy to get used to young Payton’s bolshy attitude, which knocks a few points off her adorability.

All in all, a pretty harmless story which will quite easily keep the whole family entertained.